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What's New in SACS 5.1 updates:

Precede Module Version 5.1.08   6/8/04

Problem with incomplete titles on some saved views is corrected.

SDNF -
Vertical members are not always drawn and plates are often shown incorrectly

 

Precede Module Version 5.1.04   5/31/02  

  1. Improved load display feature to handle distributed moments.

  2. Corrected Save As feature so that the default file name is not corrupted when no file ID is set in the Executive.

  3. Adds load condition header when model only contains a joint displacement and no other loading.

  4. Corrected joint manual design problem where feature was locking up if brace center lines are on the lines used to unroll the chord.

  5. Fixed problem where loading including CURR and WIND and analysis parameters including LDOPT, AMOD, UCPART, HYDRO, AREA lines were corrupted after using the member distribute total load by member group feature.

  6. Program no longer requires input for grout and eccentricity if default values are to be used for a dented section.

  7. Corrected problem where mud line elevation on the WAVE line  was changed when translating and selecting the option to move skid loads, etc.

  8. Corrected the dead weight option so that the weight of solid elements is included properly for Metric units.

  9. Changed the error check routine so that when members with reference joints are translated and rotated, an erroneous error message is no longer issued.

  10. Duplicate feature has been corrected so that when the structure is translated and duplicated, the duplicated members contain the proper member offsets.

  11. Complex pressure feature has been improved to allow joints in the plane to be selected in a counter clockwise or clockwise fashion.

  12. Fixed load display so that zero or blank final magnitudes are now interpreted as 0 load instead of the same magnitude as the initial load value.

  13. Copy load case feature has been corrected when a load factor is input so that only the load magnitude is factored instead of factoring both magnitude and distance.

  14. Duplicating faces now handles the members of an X-brace properly when the x-brace members were connected to leg joints named using the xxxL convention.

  15. Fixed problem where new joints could not be added if 4999 joints existed unless a member divide was performed.

  16. Translate and duplicate feature has been corrected to handle more than one duplication when new members are to be added.

  17. Program now allows plate group name to be specified when performing translate duplicate and adding plates.

  18. Include API 21st edition wind data in the wind option.

  19. Added the ability to import and export a steel detailing neutral file (SDNF).